Module 4 Lesson 1 Conflict in the Colonies

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Reason for Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts

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Pay for keeping an army in North America

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Boston Massacre

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Colonists clashed with British soldiers; 5 colonists died.

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Tea Act: Direct sales by British East India Company

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Allowed selling tea directly to colonists, bypassing merchants.

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Reason for Coercive Acts

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Punish Boston for Boston Tea Party

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Colonists challenged British taxes by

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boycotting

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Quartering Act requirement

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House British soldiers

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Boston Massacre casualty

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Crispus Attucks

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Colonial women's protests against British taxes

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Mercy Otis Warren's plays & Daughters of Liberty's boycott

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Reasons for spreading Boston Massacre story

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Make British look bad; Build support for colonial rights

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Impact of tea smuggling on British taxes

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Very little tax collected